Improvement in wash-boilers



2 Sheets-Sheet 1. T. W. KENDALL.

Wash-Boiler.

No. 220,388. Patented Oct. 7,1879.

.1 i Invenior 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. T. W. KENDALL.

Wash-Boiler.

No. 220,388. Patented Oct. 7,1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS W. KENDALL, OF GRESTON, IOIVA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASH-BOILERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 220,388, dated October7, 1879; application filed October 18, 1877.

' To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS W. KENDALL, of Oreston, in the county ofUnion and State of Iowa, have invented certain newand usefulImprovements in Wash-Boilers; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawin gs, and toletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in portable washing apparatus,and consists in the construction and combination of parts hereinafterfully described, and set forth in the claims hereto annexed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of aconstruction embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinalsectional view. Fig. 3 is a vertical horizontal sectional view.

Referring to the parts by letters, A represents a rectangular or othersuitably-shaped box, provided with a lid, 0., and seated on Wheels B andtruck 0, having a tongue, D.

E is a furnace or fire-box located in the bottom, transverse center, andat one end of the box A, and provided with a door, 0, in one end of thebox A, and a removable ash-box, e.

F is a series of pipes leading from the furnace E to the other end ofthe box A, and thence upward to a common discharge-flue, F.

G is a slat bottom, removably seated in the box A, a short distanceabove the furnace E; and H is a perforated casing surrounding thevertical parts of the pipes F.

The device may be operated in the house or out of doors, and may bereadily and easily moved from place to place on its supportin gwheels.

The box A being filled with water up to or above the slat frame G, andthe clothes to be cleansed being placed upon said slatframe, fire may bemade in the furnace E, and the furnace casing and flues F, being incontact with the water, will heat it, and the lid abeing closed, thecontained clothes may be subjected to any desired amount of boiling.When sufficien tly boiled, the clothes may be removed.

The furnace, being located in the middle of the box A, will heat theadjacent water, which, rising, will descend at the sides of the box, asshown by the arrows at Fig. 3, and thus deposit the sediment, so thatseveral washings may be done without changing the Water.

The clothes being first removed, the slat bottom G may then be takenout, and the water being drawn off by any suitable spout, the sedimentmay be removed.

I am aware that a wash-boiler consisting of a box containing a removablefurnace inclosed by a casing, a perforated shelf for the support of theclothes, and a perforated casing surrounding the smoke-stack hasheretofore been used, and I therefore lay no claim to such invention.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The portable boiler herein described, consisting of the box A, mountedon wheels, furnace E, having a water-space on three of its sides, seriesof bent pipes F, extending from the inner end of the furnace to the rearof the box, perforated casing H, surrounding the smoke-stack, removableslatted shelf G, and lid a, the whole constructed, arranged, andoperated in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS W. KENDALL.

Witnesses W. B. RICHARDS, THoMAs MGKEE.

